Canet-en-Roussillon (French pronunciation: [kane ɑ̃ ʁusijɔ̃]; Catalan: Canet de Rosselló, [kəˈnɛt ˈde rusəˈʎo]; Occitan: Canet de Rosselhon, [kaˈnet de ruseˈʎu]) is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.^[3]

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Canet-en-Roussillon Canet de Rosselló / Canet de Rosselhon
Commune
Aerial view of the port and the sea front at Canet-en-Roussillon
Coat of arms
Location of Canet-en-Roussillon
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Coordinates: 42°42′24″N 3°00′28″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Côte Sableuse
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Loda[1]
Area 1	30.22 km2 (11.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,598
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66037 /66140
Elevation	0–37 m (0–121 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan,9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.

The city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.

With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849.^[4] As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.^[5]

• The medieval castle ;
• The Saint-James church ;
• The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor ;
• The old village ;
• The sea front.

• Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.
• Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Gare de Perpignan murders - a victim was found in Canet-en-Roussillon.
• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - an air crash that happened 7 kilometers from the commune.